Exhibit 12.1



Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

(Dollars in thousands, except ratios)



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|                                                                                                                    |  | Years Ended December 31,
|                                                                                                                    |  | 2003                     |        | 2002 |   | 2001 (a) |  |   | 2000     |   | 1999
|Earnings:                                                                                                           |  |                          |        |      |   |          |  |   |          |   |      |   |         |  |   |        
|Pretax income from continuing operations before discontinued operations and cumulative effect of accounting changes |  | $                        | 29,342 |      | $ | 13,269   |  | $ | (152,691 | ) |      | $ | 85,148  |  | $ | 74,706 
|Interest expense (net)                                                                                              |  |                          | 21,128 |      |   | 25,574   |  |   | 32,808   |   |      |   | 36,075  |  |   | 35,506 
|Portion of rent expense representative of interest factor                                                           |  |                          | 5,650  |      |   | 4,738    |  |   | 5,687    |   |      |   | 6,727   |  |   | 6,815  
|Amortization of capitalized interest                                                                                |  |                          | 1,498  |      |   | 1,547    |  |   | 1,586    |   |      |   | 1,649   |  |   | 1,751  
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|Adjusted pretax income from continuing operations                                                                   |  | $                        | 57,618 |      | $ | 45,128   |  | $ | (112,610 | ) |      | $ | 129,599 |  | $ | 118,778
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|Fixed Charges:                                                                                                      |  |                          |        |      |   |          |  |   |          |   |      |   |         |  |   |        
|Interest expense (before deducting capitalized interest)                                                            |  | $                        | 21,236 |      | $ | 25,687   |  | $ | 32,829   |   |      | $ | 36,138  |  | $ | 35,605 
|Portion of rent expense representative of interest factor                                                           |  |                          | 5,650  |      |   | 4,738    |  |   | 5,687    |   |      |   | 6,727   |  |   | 6,815  
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|Total fixed charges                                                                                                 |  | $                        | 26,886 |      | $ | 30,425   |  | $ | 38,516   |   |      | $ | 42,865  |  | $ | 42,420 
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|Ratio of earnings to fixed charges                                                                                  |  |                          | 2.1    |      |   | 1.5      |  |   | N/A      |   |      |   | 3.0     |  |   | 2.8    



|(a) | Due to a loss for the year ended December 31, 2001, the coverage ratio was less than 1:1. The Company needed to generate an additional $151.1 million in earnings to achieve a
coverage ratio of 1:1.
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